[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for June 19 & 20, 2011

[Kevin Rock]

Good Evening,
    Twenty meters worked wonderfully this afternoon.  Many more contacts  
than recent weeks have provided.  There was QSB and a number of storms  
across the country but turning up the RF gain helped dig out the weaker  
stations.  Forty meters has become quite the local net over the last two  
months.  I rarely reach over the Rockies let alone the Cascades or  
Sierras.  Today I got two Californians with very different weather  
reports.  Dale mentioned 90 while Brian gave me one in the 70s.  Both  
reports were warmer than mine.  I got to 55 degrees today with rain and  
clouds.  One spot of blue was all I saw.

    On to the lists =>

   On 14049.5 kHz at 2200z:
NO8V - John - MI - K3 - 820
N0TA - John - CO - K3 - 994
W0CZ - Ken - ND - K3 - 457
K1THP - Dave - CT - K3 - 686
N7KRT - Jeff - TX - K2 - 5471
K6MGO - Bill - CA - K3 - 5182
NK6A - Don - CA - K3 - 4569
KB3FBR - Joe - PA - K2 - 6178

   On 7045 kHz at 0000z:
K0DTJ - Brian - CA - K3 - 4113
K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183

    Tomorrow it is supposed to get warmer, into the mid 60s.  Tuesday will  
be the hottest day of the week with a forecast of 70 degrees.  Then it  
goes back down into the fifties again with ever more rain.  Looks like  
summer will be much like spring.  Maybe I should drive east or south to  
see some sun and to feel warmth again.  What a strange year!

    Hopefully the better propagation we had today will continue throughout  
the week and into next weekend.  Maybe the sun will prove all the  
prognosticators incorrect and flare up again.  Only time will tell.  But  
the only way to tell if a band is dead is to call CQ until your hand grows  
weary.

    Until next week stay well,
       73,
          Kevin.  KD5ONS  (Net Control Operator 5th Class)

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